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For many users, working in the UNIX environment means using vi, a full-screen text editor available on most UNIX systems. Even those who know vi often make use of only a small number of its features. The vi Editor Pocket Reference is a companion volume to OReillys updated sixth edition of Learning the vi Editor, a complete guide to text editing with vi. New topics in Learning the vi Editor include multi-screen editing and coverage of four vi clones: vim, elvis, nvi, and vile. This small book is a handy reference guide to the information in the larger volume, presenting movement and editing commands, the command-line options, and other elements of the vi editor in an easy-to-use tabular format.

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vi Editor Pocket Reference
Arnold Robbins

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Chapter 1. vi Editor Pocket Reference
Introduction

This pocket reference is a companion toLearning the vi Editor, by Linda Lamb andArnold Robbins.It describes the vi command-line options,command mode commands, ex commands and options,regular expressions and the use of the substitute (s)command, and other pertinent information for using vi .Also covered are the additional features in thefour vi clones, nvi , elvis , vim , and vile .

The Solaris 2.6 version of vi served asthe reference version of vi for thispocket reference.

Conventions

The following font conventions are used in this book:

Courier

Used for command names, options, and everything to be typed literally

Courier Italic

Used for replaceable text within commands

Italic

Used for replaceable text within regular text, program names,filenames, paths,for emphasis, and new terms when first defined

[ ]

Identifies optional text; the brackets are not typed

CTRL-G

Indicates a keystroke

Command-Line Options
CommandAction
vifile

Invoke vi on file

vifile1 file2

Invoke vi on files sequentially

viewfile

Invoke vi on file in read-only mode

vi-Rfile

Invoke vi on file inread-only mode

vi -rfile

Recover file and recent edits after a crash

vi -ttag

Look up tag and start editing at its definition

vi -wn

Set the window size to n ; useful over a slowconnection

vi+file

Open file at last line

vi+n file

Open file directly at line number n

vi -ccommand file

Open file , execute command ,which is usually a search command or line number (POSIX)

vi+/pattern file

Open file directly at pattern

exfile

Invoke ex on file

ex -file<script

Invoke ex on file , taking commands from script ;suppress informative messages and prompts

ex -sfile<script

Invoke ex on file , taking commands from script ;suppress informative messages and prompts (POSIX)

vi Commands

Most vi commands follow a general pattern:

[command][number]textobject

or the equivalent form:

[number][command]textobject
Movement Commands
CommandMeaning
Character
h, j,k, l

Left, down, up, right (, , , )

Text
w, W,b, B

Forward, backward by word

e, E

End of word

), (

Beginning of next, previous sentence

}, {

Beginning of next, previous paragraph

]], [[

Beginning of next, previous section

Lines
RETURN

First nonblank character of next line

0, $

First, last position of current line

^

First nonblank character of current line

+, -

First nonblank character of next, previous line

n|

Column n of current line

H

Top line of screen

M

Middle line of screen

L

Last line of screen

nH

n (number) of lines after top line

nL

n (number) of lines before last line

Scrolling
CTRL-F , CTRL-B

Scroll forward, backward one screen

CTRL-D , CTRL-U

Scroll down, up one-half screen

CTRL-E , CTRL-Y

Show one more line at bottom, top of window

zRETURN

Reposition line with cursor: to top of screen

z.

Reposition line with cursor: to middle of screen

z

Reposition line with cursor: to bottom of screen

CTRL-L

Redraw screen (without scrolling)

Searches
/pattern

Search forward for pattern

?pattern

Search backward for pattern

n, N

Repeat last search in same, opposite direction

/, ?

Repeat previous search forward, backward

fx

Search forward for character x in current line

Fx

Search backward for character x in current line

tx

Search forward to character before x in current line

Tx

Search backward to character after x in current line

;

Repeat previous current-line search

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